Bale-tie.



T. S. PEARSON & T. M. DONNER.

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gJ/wu UNTED @Fidi THOMAS S. PEARSON AND THEODOBE M. CONNER, OF KOKOMO,INDIANA, ASSGNORS 0F ONE-THIRD T0 JOHN B. DOUGAN, 0F RICHMOND, INDIANA.

BALE-TIE.

1 ,085,938. i Specimtim 0'1 IMM" Patent Patented lieb. 3, time.

. Application ated August 19, 1812. Serial No. 715,8150.

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that we, THOMAS S. Pansen and Tilizouoim M. Comma, bothcitizens of the United States,'residin;.i,l at Kokomo, in the county ofHoward, and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bale-Ties, of which the followin is a full,clear, and comprehensive specification, being such as will enable othersto make and use the same with absolute exactitude.

Our present invention relates to ties to be formed of wire or othersuitable material, same being more particularly intended for connectingthe two ends of a wire which encircles a bale of material, such as hayor straw, which is being formed in a suitable machine invented by us andwhich. forms the subject matter of another ap lication not yet presentedt0 the Patent O 'ce' The object of our invention is to form a tie of theend portions of a wire, which will be neat and attractive in appearance,strong and durable in construction and simple in formation, same beingadapted :to be formed while the wire is under tension, land also boingadapted to yield to a certain extent after the tension has beenreleased.

A more jmrticular object is to provide a bale-tie adapted to be formedautomatically by machinery; to provide a tie or knot adapted to beformed of the two ends of a wire and while the wire is under tension;and to provide a tio which is adapted to adjust. itself and equalize thetension after the tensioning means have been released.

Other minor objects and articular ad# vautages of our invention wi l beapparent from au inspection of the accompanying' drawings uml thespeeitication relating thereto.

'l'he manner of the construction of our invention is shown in theaccompanying draw ings, in whieh Figure l shows the two end portionsot`- a wire 'from which we propose to form a tie. Fig. 2 shows a wireshaped to surround a bale, the tie being shown as having just been madeand before the pressure has been released from the bale. And Fig. 3shows a wire shaped to surround a bale, the tie havinf.l been completedand the pressure having'.

ie tie as having; or nearly so.

been released, and showing t dposition enote hice parte througlu assumedits final Similar indices out the several views of the one sheet ot'drawings.

:[n'ordei` that the formation and the advantages 0f our invention may bemore fully understood and appreciated we will now take up a detaileddescription thereof in which we will set forth the invention as brieflyand as comprehensively as we may.

ln the drawinfrs A denotes the body or central portion ot a length ofwire surround iug or adapted to surround, a bale.

and C denote the termini of the wire A, there being a surplusend-portion adjoiniin:r each of the termini, from which latter the tieproper is formulated. In practice the wire is placed tightly around abale by machinery and while the bale is still under great pressure, andthe wire under tension, the tie is formed automatically by the ma.-ehine. The tie is formed near one corner of and it first extends atright angles to the longer side thereof asin Fig. 2.

'lhe tie is formed by first making a double, loop, that is forming aloop of part of each surplus end portion of the wire, the two surplusend portions having first been brought parallel to each other as in Fig.l, and the two loops are formed at one time and are complements of cachother. The unused parts of the end portions of the wire, that is theparts remaining between the loops and the termini, are then tightlytwisted helieully together around the end portions of the wire betweenthe loops und the port ions ot' the main bodv A oi" the wire whichextend over the end oi' the side ot' the bale, thereby torminar the tieas shown in Fig. 2, which at. this time is a yielding` tie` that. is itis adapted to lYield to u limited extent. when under irreal. orsurpluspressure. After the pressure is released from the press holding the baleand the wire, then the expansive force. will canse the tie to eontortlfrom its original form shown in Fin'. 2 to the position shown in Fig.il, wherein the pressure ot' the bale has been allowed to adjust.itselt. From the above it is apparent. that. the tie is capable of seitadjustment, equalizing the pressure. Otherwise, that. is if theI tiewere formed rigid und non-expansible the wire might be broken but byforming a. limited expansive tie we provide `moana whereby the pressureon all the wires and the ties willfbe substantially uniform under allconditions.

Having now fully shown and described lltl our invention, what we claimand desire to the said loops being adapted to decrease in 1s ,Y

secure by Letters Patent of the United size by the expanslve force ofthe bale cx- Stetes, iserted up'on` the body of the wire after the Aeldable bale-tie, com rising in comtie is formed, all substantially asshown and 5 binatlon, a single length o wire havin a described.

body portion to surround a bale, the surp us In testimony whereof wehave hereunto 2e end portions of the wire laid parallel with subscribedour names to this specification in ouch other and formed into a doubleloop, the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

the parallel end ortions, after said loop 1s a 1 J formed being coi edaround the double portions oi the wire between the loo and the A l bodof the wire which surroun s the bale, Witnessem sai loops and coilsbeing wholly outside the JOHN B. J Oron, body of the wire whichsurrounds the bale, AGNES Riesen.

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